Second, emphasize Obama’s commitment to a level playing field by emphasizing the continuity with Clinton policies. Rebut the unspoken implication that Obama – unlike Clinton — favors racial and ethnic minorities at the expense of people who work hard and play by the rules, and deflect Romney’s claims that Obama has watered down welfare reform and taken $700 billion from Medicare.

I would hope the Democrats and the president would be talking about ways to get the millions of Americans back to work. But if history is an example, they will be glad-handing and patting each other on the back for the takeover of one-sixth of our economy in their grab for the health care of Americans. They probably will be extolling the virtues of how Democrats are the saviors of the country and the Republicans keep getting in the way of their agenda to help hapless Americans achieve mediocrity. I don’t think the memes coming out of this convention will be any different than what we have seen from them in Congress, the U.S. Senate or the White House.